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Subject: /th/ sound Author: David Hosking [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 16:23:49 03/09/09 Mon /th/ words in Thailand The class is getting used to dealing with the concept of having two letters representing one sound, so I didn’t get as many puzzled looks with the introduction of the “th” sound as with their first digraph. They seemed to tolerate the situation again when I told them that these letters together can also stand for another sound though similar. When it came for the class to practice saying it, I can honestly say that this letter sound is the hardest one that they have had to pronounce. Most of the class offered the /f/ sound instead. I had to stand in front of them many times demonstrating that they should put their tongue under their front teeth to make the sound successfully. The class seemed surprised at how difficult it was, but were determined to get it right. On most days, I’m able to check their progress as we go over ordinals for the date and sample words on the wall. Most of the class can now say the sound well, but it tends to come out a little over stressed. I don’t know if this is true, but a friend of mine told me that English is the only language that uses this sound. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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Subject Author Date Re: /th/ sound Ruth 07:39:14 03/23/09 Mon